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osteomancy

osteomancy noun: a kind of divination by means of bones.

Noun

osteomancy (uncountable)

  1. A kind of divination by means of bones.

Origin of osteomancy

From Ancient Greek; corresponding to osteo- + -mancy. Probably coined by John Selden in 1612.

Questions about osteomancy

What does osteomancy mean?
Osteomancy means a kind of divination by means of bones.
What part of speech is osteomancy?
Osteomancy is a noun.

Words near osteomancy in the dictionary

  1. osteolytic
  2. osteoma
  3. osteomalacia
  4. osteomalacias
  5. osteomalacic
  6. osteomancy
  7. osteomantic
  8. osteomanty
  9. osteomarker
  10. osteomarkers
  11. osteomas

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